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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Yes you own the book, the container for the art. But do you own the art?
In the premodern copyright era 1500-1700? The idea of intellectual property did not really exist, at least in law. A book was a book, both the container and the art contained within. Only in the modern copyright era 1700-1900? was a book divided into the container, the paper, and the ideas contained on the pages.
I suppose we are now in the postmodern era of copyright, all that exists is the idea, the text. Previous laws do not apply.
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IMO of course I own the book, the paper and what's contained on it.
I can give it away as I please.. It's of course easier to ensure I don't copy it and give it away with physical books as opposed to ebooks and I can understand publishers concerns about this.
When an Author distributes a physical book for people to read, he has to accept that the type of media it is means it's very likely going to be passed around.
I DO think I should be legally allowed to GIVE an ebook to someone else, ensuring I then delete my copy of it.
But then these days for some, it's just all about the money and squeezing as much as they can get away with, rather than the art.
However I appreciate in most cases those who GIVE an ebook to someone else is likely not going to delete their copy on an honesty basis. So Ebooks are a complicated issue.